There is actually a precedent for this, Mastodon used to use a different protocol called Ostatus and a few years later switched to ActivityPub. No one noticed, all the account addresses and server URLs etc stayed the same, it just changed some techincal stuff behind the scenes.
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FediThing (fedithing@tech.lgbt)'s status on Monday, 15-Aug-2022 19:52:06 UTC FediThing What are those colourful flashing lamp things on the computers?
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FediThing (fedithing@tech.lgbt)'s status on Friday, 10-Jun-2022 22:49:59 UTC FediThing Hello!
I'm the maintainer of @feditips, @FediFollows, @FediVideos and @homegrown / https://growyourown.services
If you appreciate any of these, you can make a donation at:
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(It says euros but any currency will work!)
Thanks! :blobcathug: